Calendar - Front Porch Forum

April 2024

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31 Holy Week Services 10 AM (multiday) Holy Week Services with Weybridge Church (multiday) Easter Breakfast and Worship at Weybridge Church! 6:30 - 10 AM Breakfast and Easter Service 8 - 9 AM Holy Week Services 10 - 11 AM Annual Easter Egg Hunt on the Park in Bristol 12 PM +2 more see less	1 Monday Night Bingo 4:30 - 9 PM Bristol Special Selectboard Meeting April 1 5:30 - 6 PM Emotion Awareness & Skills Groups for Men 6 - 7:15 PM	2 Community Total Eclipse/Earth Day Exhibit 10 AM - 5 PM IPL/VBS First Tuesdays 6 - 7 PM Selectboard Meeting 6:30 PM River Watch Field Season Orientation (Virtual) 7 - 8 PM Addison County River Watch Training (Virtual) 7 - 8 PM Book Chat: Beaverland by Lelia Philip 7 PM +2 more see less	3 Shoreham High Lunch 12:30 - 1:30 PM Early Release Day Movie at Ilsley 1 - 3 PM The Bixby Bridge Group 1:30 PM Weybridge Community Group – Planning Meetings 5:30 - 6:30 PM Weybridge Community Group Planning Meeting – April 3 5:30 - 6:30 PM Otter Creek Music Festival - Jazz Music & Fundraiser 5:30 - 8:30 PM Intro to Fly Fishing 6:30 - 7:30 PM Shoreham Historical Society Meeting 6:30 - 8 PM +4 more see less	4 Homeschool Hangout 10 - 11:30 AM CANCELED: Right Tree, Right Place: A Spring Walking Tour & Talk 5:30 - 7 PM Orwell Artist Meeting April 4 6 - 7 PM Sharing the Trail: Get to Know the Mammals of the Tam 6 - 7 PM Celebrate Spring 6:30 PM River Watch Field Orientation (Virtual) 7 - 8 PM A Survivor's Story: Nikita Soumrov of Kibbutz Nahal Oz 7:30 - 9 PM Hundred Days, by the Bengsons 7:30 PM (multiday) +4 more see less	5 Coffee Hour at Orwell Free Library 9 - 10 AM Story Time at Orwell Free Library 10:30 - 11 AM Why Erica Garner Also Couldn't Breathe 4 - 5:30 PM You're Invited: Grand Reopening Party! 5 - 7 PM Special 3-Part Dungeons & Dragons Campaign at Ilsley 6 - 8 PM Open Mic 7 - 9 PM VYO Ensemble Concert at Vergennes Opera House 7 - 9 PM VYO Ensembles & US Army Band at Vergennes Opera House 7 PM Hundred Days, by the Bengsons 7:30 PM (multiday) +5 more see less	6 Bottle Drive + Bake Sale: Shoreham 5th Grade Fundraiser 8 AM - 12 PM Spring Breakfast 8:30 - 10 AM Rabies Clinic 9 - 11 AM Med47 Garage Sale 9 AM (multiday) Antiques 9 AM Saturday Morning Family Legos at the Library! 9:30 - 11 AM 2024 Pack 543 Pinewood Derby 10 AM - 1 PM Friends of Ilsley Library Book Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Last Chance Eclipse Event + Free Glasses 11 AM - 1 PM Sib2Sib Comedy Workshop 11 AM - 2 PM Wool You Join Our Fiber Arts Circle? 12 - 2 PM Messy Church - A Fun Filled Afternoon! 4 - 6 PM Save the Date for Concerts Not to Be Eclipsed! 7:30 - 9 PM Champlain Philharmonic Concert This Saturday! 7:30 - 9 PM Don't Miss Champlain Philharmonic's Pre-Eclipse Concert 7:30 - 9 PM Hundred Days, by the Bengsons 7:30 PM (multiday) Concert Tonight at Middlebury Congregational Church 7:30 PM Med47 Foundation Garage Sale 9 PM (multiday) +14 more see less
7 Online Movement Class for Joint Mobility & Balance 8 - 9:15 AM Breakfast Buffet 8 - 10 AM Best Yard Sale with Famous Agave Lemonade 9 AM - 2 PM Zoom Event with British Fiddler Sam Sweeney 11 AM - 12 PM Zoom Event with British Fiddler Sam Sweeney 11 AM - 12 PM "Beads & Brunch" Bracelet Making @ Elli Parr Boutique 11 AM - 3 PM 5 Town Friends of the Arts Annual Gathering 1 - 3 PM Pre-Clipse Astrology Meet-Up 4 - 6 PM Hundred Days, by the Bengsons 7:30 PM (multiday) Zoom Q&A and Performance with English Fiddler Sam Sweeney 11 PM +6 more see less	8 Addison County Legislative Breakfast 7 - 8:45 AM Eclipse Yoga Flow 8:30 - 9:30 AM Raven Ridge Eclipse Guide 10 AM - 5 PM Common Roots Family Fun Land and Sky Adventure 12 - 4 PM Time Capsule Monkton Solar Eclipse Party 1 - 4:30 PM Monkton's Solar Eclipse Viewing Party 1 - 4:30 PM Where Will You Be When the Sun Goes Dark on April 8? 1 - 4:30 PM Solar Eclipse with the Cub Scouts 2:15 PM Monday Night Bingo 4:30 - 9 PM Spring Women's Moon Circle 6 - 7:30 PM ANWSD Board Meeting Agenda 6 - 8:15 PM Drop-In Korean Drumming Class 6:30 - 7 PM Stories of Eclipse: Black Moon Harbor Gathers April 8 7 - 9 PM Bristol Selectboard Meeting April 8 7 - 10 PM +10 more see less	9 Navigating VA Benefits at the Charlotte Senior Center! 10 AM - 2 PM Navigating VA Benefits at the Charlotte Senior Center! 10 AM - 2 PM Fiber Crafters Meetup 2 - 4 PM Bixby Book Club Reads to Kill a Mockingbird 6 - 7 PM MAUSD Budget Presentation 6 - 8 PM MAUSD Budget Presentation 6 - 8 PM MAUSD FY25 Budget Informational Meeting Tuesday April 9 6 - 8 PM Vernal Pool Reptiles and Amphibians 7 - 8:30 PM +4 more see less	10 Vermont vs Hollywood 10 - 11 AM Vermont vs Hollywood: 100 Years of Vermont in Film 10:30 AM - 12 PM Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Group 4 - 5 PM Talk on the Culinary Pharmacy 4:30 - 5:30 PM ANWSD Board Community Engagement Special Meeting 5:30 PM Paint N Sip 6 - 8 PM Orwell Open Mic Night 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	11 Feminism, Fascism, and the Future Symposium 5 AM (multiday) Notch Road Closure 7 AM - 4 PM Homeschool Hangout 10 - 11:30 AM First Baptist Senior Meal 12 PM Bristol Conservation Commission Agenda 6 - 7:30 PM Eat, Poop, Die: Author Talk by Joe Roman 6:30 PM ToDo Institute Presentation @ Russell Memorial Library 7 - 8 PM Gage Cemetery Association Annual Meeting 7 - 8 PM ToDo Institute - a Natural Approach to Mental Wellness 7 PM +5 more see less	12 Coffee Hour at Orwell Free Library 9 - 10 AM Story Time at Orwell Free Library 10:30 - 11 AM Open House at Rock Point School 4 - 6 PM Knights of Columbus Spaghetti Dinner 5 - 7 PM Knights in Italy Spaghetti Dinner - This Friday! 5 - 7 PM LML Theater Troupe Presents: Peggy the Brave! 6 - 6:30 PM An Evening of Film, Food, and Community 6 - 8 PM Free Family Movie Night 6 PM Legally Blonde: the Musical – Opening Night 7:30 - 10 PM +5 more see less	13 Bottle Drive + Bake Sale: Shoreham 5th Grade Fundraiser 8 AM - 12 PM Bristol Addison 4 Republican Party Meeting 9 - 11 AM Introduction to Zen at the Vermont Zen Center 9 AM - 1:30 PM Energy Fair and Family Fun Saturday 9 AM - 2 PM Seed Exchange at the Library - This Saturday! 10 AM - 12 PM Monkton Community Town Hall for Youth Mental Health 10 AM - 12 PM Charlotte Repair Cafe - This Saturday! 10 AM - 2 PM 2024 New Haven Whitewater Kayak Race 10 AM - 3 PM New Haven River Kayak Race 10 AM - 3 PM Youth Opera Company: a Country Store Opera 2 - 3:30 PM Legally Blonde: the Musical – Afternoon Matinee 2 - 4:30 PM Beginners Darning/Visible Mending Workshop 2:30 - 4:30 PM Ferrisburgh Grange King Pede Card Party 6:30 - 8:30 PM Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Cornwall Contradance at the Town Hall April 13 7 - 9:30 PM Legally Blonde: the Musical – Closing Night 7:30 - 10 PM +12 more see less
14 You're Invited to the Little Black Flannel Initiative! (multiday) Mad River Triathalon All Day Public Breakfast Buffet 7:30 - 10:30 AM Dakin Farm Buffet Breakfast 8 - 10 AM You're Invited to the Little Black Flannel Initiative 9 AM (multiday) Yoga Classes at Harmonia! 10 - 11:15 AM Vergennes High School Green Team Car Wash 10 AM - 2 PM Red Cedar 'Flea' and Bake Sale 10 AM - 3 PM Red Cedar 'Flea' and Bake Sale 10 AM - 3 PM Red Cedar School's Flea Market and Bake Sale 10 AM - 3 PM Red Cedar 'Flea' and Bake Sale 10 AM - 3 PM Malas & Mandalas x Jennifer Kahn Mala Making Workshop 11 AM - 4 PM One Room Schools in Ferrisburgh 2 - 3 PM One Room Schools in Ferrisburgh 2 - 3 PM Zig Zag Lit Mag Release Party 2 - 4 PM Rescheduled Zig Zag Lit Mag Issue.16 Release Party 2 - 4 PM Zig Zag Lit Mag Rescheduled Issue 16 Release Party 2 - 4 PM Zig Zag Lit Mag Release Party Sunday 2 - 4 PM Choral Evensong at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church 4 - 5 PM Choral Evensong at St. Stephen's Middlebury 4 - 5:30 PM Youth Clinic Hosted by Middlebury Women's Soccer 4 - 6 PM La Comunidad 5 - 7 PM Breakfast at Libanus Lodge This Sunday 7:30 PM +19 more see less	15 Monday Night Bingo 4:30 - 9 PM Technicool: Keeping Kids Safe on Internet Workshop 5:30 - 6:30 PM Bristol Water Commission Meeting Apr. 15. 6:00pm 6 - 8 PM Drop-In Korean Drumming Class 6:30 - 7 PM Library Renovation/Expansion Info Meeting, April 15 7 - 8 PM Stephen Bates: Vermont's First Black Sheriff 7 - 8:30 PM Presentation on Obtaining Italian Citizenship 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	16 Board of Trustees Meeting All Day MAUSD Budget Revote - Ballots Available 7 AM - 7 PM Middlebury Garden Club Talk: Container Gardening 1 - 2 PM Container Gardening 1 PM Save the Date! Shifting the Autism Narrative 6 - 7 PM Ferrisburgh April 16 Selectboard Meeting 6:30 PM How to Begin Your College Search 7 - 8 PM 100+ Women Who Care Addison County Member Meeting 7 - 8:30 PM Women and Intercollegiate Athletics Ilsley Talk 7 - 9 PM Bristol Planning Commission Meeting April 16 7 PM Finding Jesse - A VT Humanities Council Lecture 7 PM Bristol Democratic Committee Town Caucus 7 PM +8 more see less	17 Bright Day Memory Café 10 - 11:30 AM Queer Joy Club: Pizza & Art Party 5 - 6:30 PM SVUUSD Special Finance Committee Meeting 5 - 7 PM Community Open House at The Paramount Theatre 5 - 8 PM Town Democratic Committee Caucus 5:30 - 6:30 PM Game Night at the Library! 6:15 - 9 PM MCP Announces Summer Season Auditions! 6:30 PM Fly Fishing Flies and Basic Techniques 6:30 PM April Bristol Energy Committee Meeting 7 - 9 PM New Haven Conservation Commission Meeting 7 PM +6 more see less	18 Homeschool Hangout 10 - 11:30 AM Early Vote Rally (ANWSD Budget) 2:30 - 4:30 PM Plant Medicine Workshop 1- Herbal Preparations 5:30 - 8 PM Tractor Safety Course 5:30 - 8 PM Knit Night at Cornwall Town Hall on April 18 6 - 8:30 PM MCP Announces Summer Season Auditions! 6:30 PM Democratic Caucus in Weybridge 7 PM 5 Town Friends of the Arts Musical Library Tour 7:30 - 8:30 PM Monkton Musician at Lincoln Library Tonight! 7:30 - 8:30 PM Musical Library Tour 7:30 - 9 PM +6 more see less	19 Five Town Partnership Food Drive (multiday) Coffee Hour at Orwell Free Library 9 - 10 AM Rutland/Addison Med. Res. Emergency Preparedness Survey 9 - 11 AM Story Time at Orwell Free Library 10:30 - 11 AM Blow Out Fish Fry 5 - 7 PM St. Ambrose Fish Fry 5 - 7 PM +2 more see less	20 Tool & Hardware Garage Sale in Hinesburg (multiday) Cosmic Play: an Adventure Game Theater Teen Retreat (multiday) Moving Sale Saturday 8 AM Sentinel Farms Summer Camps Open House 10 AM - 12 PM This Saturday: ACSWMD Repair Fair 10 AM - 2 PM Call for Fixers: ACSWMD Upcoming Repair Fair 10 AM - 2 PM Twist O' Wool Guild Auction 10 AM - 2 PM Notice of Middlebury Town Democratic Party Caucus 10 AM Volunteers Needed: Monkton WoodBank Splitting Bee 10 AM Free Walk in Cornwall with VT Master Naturalist Founder 11 AM - 2 PM Free Guided Nature Walk in Cornwall 11 AM - 2 PM Climate Future Film Festival 1 - 2 PM Free Movie Matinee: "Facing the Giants" 3 PM Ripton Community Coffee House 7 - 10 PM Spring Swing Dance 7:30 - 9:45 PM +11 more see less
21 Spring Wreath Workshop All Day Children's Sunday is Coming Right Up! 8:30 - 9:45 AM Earth Sunday at Weybridge Church 10 - 11:30 AM	22 "Architecture for All" Symposium - Architect Lectures (multiday) "Architecture for All" Symposium - Architect Lectures (multiday) Monday Night Bingo 4:30 - 9 PM SVUUSD Special Finance Committee Meeting 5 - 6:30 PM Cubbers Benefit for Bristol 4th of July - Save the Date 5 - 8 PM Drop-In Korean Drumming Class 6:30 - 7 PM Slate Valley Unified USD School Board Meeting 6:30 - 8:30 PM Bristol Selectboard Agenda April 22 7 - 10 PM +4 more see less	23 New Jen Peterson 4 Class Series at BFIT 4:30 - 5:15 PM Fiber Crafters Meetup 5 - 7 PM Full Moon Yoga Flow 6 - 7:30 PM Middlebury Quilters Host Speakers - Public Invited 6 - 8:30 PM April Goddess Circle 6:30 - 8:30 PM "Invasive Jumping Worms: What We Know, What We Can Do" 7 - 8:30 PM Invasive Jumping Worms: What We Know, What We Can Do 7 - 8:30 PM Invasive Jumping Worms: What We Know, What We Can Do 7 - 8:30 PM Bristol Development Review Board Agenda 7 PM Invasive Jumping Worms: “What We Know, What We Can Do” 11:55 - 11:55 PM +6 more see less	24 EZ Trip Meetings: At Ilsley and on Zoom 1 - 8 PM Beginner Epoxy Resin Class 6 - 8 PM Middlebury Community Classic Films Club 6 - 8 PM You're Invited! New Haven Historical Society Meeting 7 - 8 PM Community Choir Session with Moira Smiley! 7 - 8:30 PM +1 more see less	25 Weekly Honk and Wave for Ceasefire in Middlebury 4 - 4:30 PM Writing Through Grief, 4-Week Grief Support Group 4:30 - 6 PM Death Cafe of Addison County 5:30 - 7 PM Tractor Safety Course 5:30 - 8 PM Book Discussion at Orwell Free Library 6 - 7 PM Line Dancing Lessons at the VFW for 2 Weeks! 6:30 - 9 PM Bristol Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee 7 - 8 PM Ferrisburgh Climate and Energy Committee 7 - 8 PM April 23 Presentation: Equity in Healthcare 7 - 8:30 PM Social Justice Discussion Equity in Healthcare 7 - 8:30 PM +6 more see less	26 Middlebury Community Wind Ensemble (multiday) Moving Sale - Smith St, Shoreham (multiday) Building a 3-Bin Composter from Free Wooden Pallets 12 - 1:30 PM Building a 3-Bin Composter from Free Wooden Pallets 12 - 1:30 PM "Ask a Master Gardener" 4 - 6 PM "Ask a Master Gardener" - New Haven Community Garden 4 - 6 PM Grand Friends Gala 4 - 7 PM Thali Feast from Ananda Tamang 4 - 7 PM April Have-A-Heart Food Shelf Distribution 5 - 6 PM Family Movie Night at the Library! 6:30 - 8:30 PM Middlebury Community Wind Ensemble Concerts 7:30 PM (multiday) Middlebury Wind Ensemble Spring Concert on Friday 7:30 PM +8 more see less	27 Secrets of Mount Philo: Guided Hike All Day Meeting with Middlebury Representatives 9 - 10 AM Yard-Lawn-Estate Sale 9 AM - 4 PM Coffee w/ Constituents 9 AM Final Saturday Story Time at LML Until Fall! 9:30 - 10 AM Pediatric CPR/AED/First Aid Certification Class 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Poetry Day at OFL - Writing Workshop Saturday 10 - 11 AM Spring Bicycle Swap at CMOS 10 AM - 12 PM Barn Sale Saturday at The Little White Barn 10 AM - 1 PM ATV Raffle at Agway 10 AM - 2 PM Volunteer Welcome Lunch 11 AM - 1:30 PM Shop Local: Vermont Gear Makers Festival 11 AM - 4 PM Re: Shop Local: Vermont Gear Makers Festival 11 AM - 5 PM Tree Pruning Demonstration 12 PM Va-et-vient Free Concert at The Bixby 12:30 - 2 PM Closing Reception at Art on Main 4 - 6 PM Closing Event for Eclipse/Earthday Show at Art on Main 4 - 6 PM Poetry Day at OFL - Open Mic 6 - 7 PM The Hitmen ( Dance ) 6 - 10 PM Ferrisburgh Grange King Pede Card Parties 6:30 - 8:30 PM +16 more see less
28 Breakfast at Masonic Lodge, Vergennes 7:30 - 10 AM Yoga Classes at Harmonia! 10 - 11:15 AM Volunteer with Acorn at New Leaf Organics! 10 AM - 2 PM Volunteers Needed at New Leaf Organics! 10 AM - 2 PM Volunteer with Acorn at New Leaf Organics! 10 AM - 2 PM Volunteer with Acorn at New Leaf Organics! 10 AM - 2 PM Heath Quartet in a Free Concert, Live and Streaming 2 - 3:30 PM My Dentist's Son — a Place for Stories That Don't Fit 3 - 4:30 PM Authentic Italian Dinner 5:30 - 7 PM An Authentic Italian Dinner 5:30 - 7 PM Fr. Marchand's Italian Culinary Tour 5:30 - 8 PM +7 more see less	29 Monday Night Bingo 4:30 - 9 PM SVUUSD Policy Committee Meeting 5:30 - 6:30 PM ANWSD Budget Informational Meeting Tonight 6 - 7 PM Drop-In Korean Drumming Class 6:30 - 7 PM Cribbage Night at the Lodge 7 - 8:15 PM Bristol Cribbage Night 7 - 8:15 PM Cribbage Anyone 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	30 School Budget Vote April 30 7 AM - 7 PM New Jen Peterson 4 Class Series at BFIT 4:30 - 5:15 PM Keys Bags Names Words 4:30 - 6 PM Coming Up at Ilsley Public Library 4:30 PM The Mini Clothesline Project at Art on Main 5 - 6:30 PM SVUUSD Executive Committee Meeting 5:30 - 7:30 PM Bristol Republican Party Meeting 7 - 9 PM +3 more see less	1 BCC Botanicals Open May 1! 8 AM - 6 PM Early Release Day Movie at Ilsley 1 - 3 PM Weybridge Community Group – Planning Meetings 5:30 - 6:30 PM Right Tree, Right Place: a Spring Walking Tour & Talk 5:30 PM Community Choir Session with Moira Smiley! 7 - 8:30 PM Ranked Choice Voting Webinars May 1 & 8 7 - 8:30 PM +2 more see less	2 Thursdays on the TAM 8:30 AM - 12 PM Corrected Rummage Sale Dates May 2-4 1 PM (multiday) Thurs. May 2 Donation Day & Sat. May 4 Used Book Sale 3 - 6 PM Weekly Honk and Wave for Ceasefire in Middlebury 4 - 4:30 PM Weekly Honk and Wave for Ceasefire in Middlebury 4 - 4:30 PM StorySlam at the Bixby Library 5:30 - 7 PM Tractor Safety Course 5:30 - 8 PM Sharing the Trail: Get to Know the Mammals of the TAM 6 - 7 PM Knit Night at Cornwall Town Hall May 2 6 - 8:30 PM Class of 2030 Middle School Transition Evening at Mt. Abe 6:30 - 7:30 PM Line Dancing Lessons at the VFW for 2 Weeks! 6:30 - 9 PM Water Quality in Monkton 7 - 8 PM +8 more see less	3 First Big Lawn Sale of the Season - Mechanic St. - May 3-4 9 AM - 4 PM	4 Spring Has Sprung! All Day Garage Sale 8 AM Green Up Day 8 AM - 12 PM Moving Sale - 606 Rotax Rd, Monkton - May 4 8 AM - 12 PM Fundraiser for Mt. Abe's International Travel Club! 8 AM - 2 PM Barn Sale - Woodworking & More 8 AM - 3 PM Green Up Day Saturday May 4 8 AM - 6 PM Spring Flowers and Farm Stand Goodies 8 AM (multiday) "Empty the Garage" Sale 8 AM Happy and Safe Walking and Biking! 9 AM - 12 PM Seeking Fans of Popular Authors & Interesting Nonfiction 9 AM - 1 PM Tomorrow: Lawrence Memorial Library's Books for Babies 9:30 - 10 AM Green Up Day May 4! 10 AM - 12 PM Downsizing Yard Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Friends of Ilsley Library Book Sale 10 AM - 2 PM Educator Idea Fair 10 AM - 2 PM Educator Idea Fair 10 AM - 2 PM Green Up Day 10 AM - 3 PM Spring Vintage Goods Pop-Up Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Spring Vintage Goods Popup Sale 10 AM - 4 PM Fiber Arts Circle at the Bixby Library 12 - 2 PM Buckthorn Removal at Monkton Central School 1 - 3 PM Attention Knitters: a Stash Busting Workshop! 2 - 5 PM Vermont Book Award Celebration 7 PM It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing! 7:30 - 9 PM +21 more see less